Card holder



' Dec. 30, 1941.- K. w. TIEBEl 2,268,095

CARD HOLDER Filed May 15, 1940 INVENTOR 7 Km"! hf. flew! BY v N2 ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 30, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CARD HOLDER Karl W. Tiebel, Freeport, N. Y. Application May 13, 1940, Serial N0. 334,776

4 Claims.

This invention relates to holders for cards or sheets such as card commutation tickets, admission passes, license cards and the like.

One object of my invention is to provide a holder of this character with improved means for projecting the card out of the holder whenever it is desired to exhibit the card.

Another object is to provide a means for projecting the card so that the entire card, while still attached to the holder, is exposed to view.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder in closed position;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the holder with one of the covers removed to show the card and its spring mounting;

Figure 3 is a similar view showing the card projected;

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 8; and

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 2 but showing a modification.

The holder comprises front and back covers l and II preferably formed of a single sheet of material folded at I 3. Extending through the front and back of the holder near the fold is a rivet or eyelet IE around which is coiled at I1, a wire'spring I8 which in the closed position extends along the holder adjacent the fold and is riveted or removably clipped at l 9 to the ticket or card 20 contained in the holder. Theinner end of the spring I8 is bent into U-shape as shown in Figure 4 and held by the rivet I6 so as to give the spring the required tension for projecting the card.

Instead of clipping the ticket to the springas shown in Figure 2, the spring may extend along the face of the ticket adjacent the inner edge and be secured to the ticket by adhesive tape or I may, if desired, spot weld spring clips to the spring l8, which clips are adapted frictionally to engage the card. By this arrangement when a commutation ticket, for example, is used up, a new ticket may be substituted.

If desired, instead of bending the inner end of the spring into U-shape, I may bend the inner end at right angles to the coil l1 and provide a circular series of openings in one of the rivet heads, any one of which openings may receive the inner end of the spring l8 thus fixing the desired spring tension.

To hold the card 20 in the folder against the tension of the spring [8, I provide a U-shaped catch or clip 22 pivoted at 23 to one of the covof the folder covers and the card 20 retaining the card in the holder. When the clip 22 is swung into the position shown in Figure 3, the card is projected outwardly by the spring I8 and exposed to view.

When the folder is used to hold a commutation railroad ticket, for convenience a time table may be printed on the outside of one of the covers. Other space on the covers may contain advertisements, if desired.

In the modified form of my invention shown in Figure 5, instead of tensioning the spring by the rivet Hi, the spring is' wound around the rivet I6, and the inner portion lies along and presses against the inside of the fold l3.

It will be noted that due to the fact that the card 20 is attached to the free end of the spring only, when the card is released, it may be projected entirely out of the holder so that the entire card is exposed to View.

Having now described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character described, a folder consisting of a single sheet of relatively stiff material, folded at approximately its center and open at the front and one side edge, a card in said folder of a size approximately that of the folder, resilient means secured to said card and attached to said folder and adapted to project the card from the folder through the said front and side edge and a holding and releasing catch for repeatedly retaining the card in and releasing it from the holder.

2. In a device of the character described, a holder comprising a sheet of folded material, a card in said holder of approximately the size of the holder, a rivet extending through the folds of the holder adjacent the card and adjacent one end of the fold, a spring coiled around said rivet and having a free portion attached to said card, said spring being adapted to project the card substantially entirely out of said holder,

means for tensioning said spring and releasable means, at the corner diagonally opposite said rivet, for retaining said card in said holder after each insertion of the card therein.

3. In the device of the character described, a folder consisting of a single sheet of relatively stiif material folded at approximately its center and open at the front and one side edge, a card in said folder, of approximately the size of the folder, a spring secured to said card and atstiff material open at the front and one side 10 edge, a card in said folder of approximately the size of said folder, resilient means removably secured to said card and attached to said folder and adapted to project said card from said folder through said front and said edge and a U shaped catch pivoted to one fold. of said folder adjacent an outer corner and embracing both folds and adapted to hold said card in said folder.

KARL W. TIEBEL. 

